Mari George was born in Bridgend and after studying for a Masters Degree in Welsh Literature she worked as a translator and script editor at BBC Wales drama department. She now works as a freelance writer, poet and translator. Mari has published two Welsh language poetry collections. She has returned to live in Bridgend with her husband Gwyn and two children.

Mari has a poem in A470 Poems for the Road/ Cerddi’r Ffordd